Dismissing critical pedagogy: Denis Rancourt vs. University of Ottawa - 0 views
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Mathieu Plourde on 14 Jan 09It was to some extent humiliating for students to realize that they had bought into a system which doesn't work. In which they can be convinced that they've learned something even though they haven't understood it. It was a bit of a shock to them, but that shock is essential. You have to be willing to accept that you don't really understand something if you're going to be a researcher who makes great discoveries of how nature functions and so on.